May 17, 2005 - 09:46 AMT
KOCHARIAN-ERDOGAN MEETING DID NOT TAKE PLACE DESPITE EXPECTATIONS
In spite of the forecasts and expectations Armenian President Robert Kocharian did not meet with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan within the third Council of Europe Summit in Warsaw, reported Mediamax news agency. As reported by Armenian delegation members, there was no agreement on holding a Kocharian-Erdogan meeting and all the reports that it is being arranged was spread exclusively by Turkish media. At the same time Turkish journalists covering the CoE Summit emphasized that May 15 evening Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated there was no arrangement over meeting with Robert Kocharian.